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What type of tumor does this describe?
Encapsulated, rarely fatal, little effect on the host, differentiated, slow growth low mitotic growth, little tissue destruction, and abnormal proliferation of cells
Benign
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What type of tumor does this describe?
malignant, unencapsulated, potentially fatal, substantial side effect on host, rapid growth
Malignant
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What are some cancer screening for men?
- Colon - 50 yrs old
- Fecal Occult Blood - 50 yrs old
- Manual testicular exam - late adolescence
- Digital Rectal exam - 45 yrs old
- PSA - 50 years old
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What are some cancer screenings for women?
- Manual Breast Exam - monthly beginning in
- late adolescence
- Pelvic exam & PAP smear
- Colonoscopy - 50
- Mammogram - 40
- Fecal Occult Blood - 50
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What are 5 methods of tissue sampling?
- Curettage or exfoliation
- Excisional biopsy
- Incisional biopsy
- Fine needle aspiration
- Core Biopsy
- Sputum cytology
- Washing or irrigation
- Open biopsy
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________ is a malignancy originating in glial tissue.
____, ____, & ____ all originate in epithelial
Glioma
Basal Cell, Squamous Cell, Adenocarcinoma
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___________ management is used to prevent the future manifestation of cancer in a location with no declared disease but possible microscopic disease not yet detectable.
Prophylactic cancer management.
It sterilizes the potential area of metastatic disease
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What is a Malignant tumor of glandular epithelium called?
adenocarcinoma
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What is an Abnormal proliferation occurring in the bone marrow?
A Myeloma
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What is an abnormal proliferation occurring in the bone marrow, especially the white blood cells
Leukemia
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